Combined drawer guide and support



No. 625,576. Patented May 23, I899.

F. MACEY. COMBINED DRAWER GUIDE AND SUPPORT.

(Application filed Km. 12, 1898.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MAOEY,'OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED DRAWER cums AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,576, dated May 23,1899.

Application filed March 12, 1898. Serial No. 673,565. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK MACEY,.a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined DrawerGuide and Support; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined drawer guide andsupport; and its object is to provide the same with certain new anduseful features hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the clai ms,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of adevice embodying my invention, taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2, with thedrawer and slide extended; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the samewiththe drawer and slide run back within the case and on a line cuttingthe rear end of both the slide and drawer; Fig. 3, a perspective detailshowing the under side of the drawer; Fig. 4, a perspective detail ofthe slide, the guides, and the lower part of the case, with the slidepartially drawn out and parts broken away; and Fig. 5 an enlarged detailof the outer end of the slide.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

A represents any suitable case to receive the drawer and provided withthe usual frame A on which the drawer slides.

B is the drawer, having its bottom B at a distance above the bottom ofits sides and front equal to the thickness of the longitudinally-movablesupporting-slide O, which slide consists of a suitable strip, having alongitudinal groove D in its upper side and open at its outer end and alaterally-projecting transverse piece inserted at its rear end,formingtongues E to engage and traverse grooves J in the adjacent sides of theparallel guides I I, arranged at each side of said slide and in the samehorizontal plane. To hold the guides in place, they are provided withtenons I at each end, which tenons engage grooves in the cross-bars ofthe frames A,and stops K are inserted in said grooves between the guidesand also at each side of the same. To limit the movement of the slide,ablock Fis detachably secured to its under side and provided withbuffers F, of felt, rubber, or other suitable materiahto engage thecross-bars of the frame A. Said block is of such length and so lo catedthat when the slide and drawer are run back into the case the front endof the slide engages the inner side of the drawer-front and the backengages the rear cross-bar of the frame A, thus serving as a stop forthe drawer, and when the slide 0 is drawn outward it will project aboutone-half of its length and a little beyond the middle of the drawer whenstoppedby the block F. In the bottom of the drawer and near the middlethereof is'a pin G, which projects downward and traversesthe groove Dand is vertically removable therefrom.

G G are blocks on the bottom and at the rear of the drawer, which blocksengage and traverse the outer sides of the guides I.

H is a hook near the outer end of the slide 0, pivoted in a chamber D.Said hook has an outer inclined end H and at the opposite side of thepivot an extension H, having oppositely-inclined faces, the shape beingsuch that when the hook swings into the grooveD the extension H recedestherefrom, and vice versa, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The operation of my device is asfollows: When the drawer is within thecase, the pin G is in the rear part of the groove D, and the blocks G Gengage the guidesl 1, near the rear ends thereof. As the drawer movesfor= ward said blocks traverse the outer sides of the guides and the pinG traverses the groove D until the drawer is about half-way out, whenthe pin engages the stop-hook H. Should the hook be open, thepin willengage the incline of the extension'IF'and move the hook to properposition to engage the pin. The slide 0 now moves out with the draweruntil stopped by'engagement of the forward end of the block F with theframe. Thus the blocks G G traverse the guides I I on the outside, thepin traverses the groove D, and the slide traverses the inner sides ofthe guides, the drawer thus being effectually guided in its outward orinward movements. The drawer when fully out of the case can be drawn outno farther, but may be lifted vertically at the front to disengage thepin from the hook and can then be taken away altogether. When extended,as shown in Fig. 4, the rear end of the slide is effectually held downby the tongues E in the grooves J, its middle rests on the front bar ofthe frame A, l

and its outer end extends to or beyond the middle of the drawer, whichlatteris thus effectually supported as well as guided thereby.

When the drawer is returned to the case, the pin need not be placed inthe groove D behind the hook, but may be entered at the end of thegroove, and it will strike the inclined end 11 of the hook and move itout of the way side, guide-blocks on the drawer adapted to embrace andtraverse the guides, and vertically detachable from the same, and a .pinprojecting from the bottom of the drawer,

and traversing the groove in the slide, and also vertically removabletherefrom substanhook and traversing the groove in the slide,

tially as described.

2. The combination of a drawer-supporting frame, a slide above the planeof the frame and projecting beyond the same when drawn out, and having alongitudinal groove, guides at each side of said slide, and in the sameplane therewith and having grooves in their inner sides, a transversestrip in the slide engaging said grooves and traversing the same, adrawer, guide-blocks on the rear of the drawer-engaging and traversingthe outer sides of the guides, and vertically detachable therefrom, apin near the middle of said drawer traversing said groove and alsovertically detachable therefrom, a stop in the outer end of said grooveto engage the pin, and a stop on the slide to limit its movement,substantially as described.

3. In combination with a case andadrawer, a slide beneath said drawerand supporting the same and having a longitudinal groove open at the.outer end, a pin in said drawer traversing said groove, a hook pivotedon said slide adjacent to the groove, said hook having an inclined outerend, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a case and drawer, a longitudinally-movable slidebeneath the' drawer and having a longitudinal groove in its upper sideopen at the forward end, a pin in the drawer to traverse said groove, ahook pivoted adjacent to said groove having an inclined outer end and anextension at the opposite side of its pivot, said extension havingoppositely-inclined sides, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a case and a drawer, parallel guides havinggrooves in their adjacent sides, a slide having tongues traversing saidgrooves, and a groove in its upper side, and a stop-hook entering saidgroove, guideblocks on said drawer to traverse the outer sides of saidguides, and a pin in said drawer traversing the groove in the slide andengaging the hook, substantially as described.

6. In combination with a case having a drawer-supporting frame, and adrawer, parallel guides having grooved inner sides, a slide between saidguides having a groove open at its outer end, a hook pivoted adjacent tosaid groove and having an inclined outer end, a pin in thedrawerengaging the guide-blocks on the d rawer engaging the outer sides of theguides, and a stop-block on the slide engaging the end bars of theframe, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a case, adrawer-supporting frame, a drawer,parallel guides, a slide between said guides, and connected to the sameby a tongue and groove, and having a groove in its upper surface, and apivoted hook near the end of said groove, a stop-block on said slideengaging the end bars of the frame, guide-blocks on the drawertraversing said guides, and a pin in said drawer engaging the stop-hookand traversing the slot in said slide, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK MAoEY.

Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MoUL'roN, LEWIS E. FLANDERS.

